sweetpeanurse

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1. How much information do u really retain

   sweetpeanurse replied to shynurse's topic in New Nurse

   I personally think nursing school is to STRESS U OUT, and SHOVE as much info they can at you for NCLEX. If you can handle the stress then you can be a nurse, and the info comes back and slaps you on the forehead after you ask the question to someone...

2. First horrible impending death....

   sweetpeanurse replied to NickiLaughs's topic in New Nurse

   I work LTC, my first 3 weeks on the floor by myself, I had 3 patients die, 1 each week. I was know as Nurse of Death. The first 2 were hospice, and the third passed PE during 2 hr bed check. At first I was torn up about them but I reliezed that the...

3. Favortism in the workplace

   sweetpeanurse replied to stillwant2banurse's topic in Relations

   After my confront with the DON, I was sweating the new schedule. "Here I go working all the weekends again" But I got the best schedule, not days, but no weekends. I feel bad a little bc everyone else is working 1 weekend but I should get a couple...

4. Favortism in the workplace

   sweetpeanurse replied to stillwant2banurse's topic in Relations

   Scrubby-- I think that is the best advice I have heard. After confronting my DON about the favortism I have been getting alot of funny looks from individuals that get all the favortism. Mind you I have a vvveerryy long fuse and when I finally had it...

5. RN's giving report to CNA's?

   sweetpeanurse replied to AnnieNHRN's topic in General Nursing

   I always get report from the off-going nurse let my aids get it from the off-going aids, then my aids and I get together and do a report together bc somehow we all miss something important that didn't get pass to the next shift. No matter what I do t...

6. What, if anything, will this do to nursing jobs?

   sweetpeanurse replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism

   I am in agreement that the head people need to think about us lower people. I don't even carry health insurance bc the deductible is 2 months of wages that is not counting the payments every check. Then the raises are 2%. I pray that I get called ...

7. Favortism in the workplace

   sweetpeanurse replied to stillwant2banurse's topic in Relations

   I am a nurse in a facility, that favortism is common. I even questioned the DON about it and she admitted it. The individual I am in question about gets OT (but we are not allowed OT), if wants to work she gets to work whatever she wants. She work...

8. I don't hate my job, I hate the people I work with

   sweetpeanurse replied to SashaO's topic in LPN/LVN

   Have made the suggestion, but who am I but a nurse that works with on a regular basis. After getting on to her for months for sleeping she had the balls today while I am giving report to the oncoming nurse falls asleep @ the computer doing her charti...

9. Pt./Family Comments that Leave You Speechless

   sweetpeanurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Took no offense! It is sad that the individuals need so much extra care and when you have several other patients you can't give all the "sat by their bed and wipe their nose, or even pet the families egos for them" because we have 15 others just like...

10. Pt./Family Comments that Leave You Speechless

    sweetpeanurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! She was dismissed from PT after 2 weeks of this due to the fact that she was not following her plan of care. When she was longer skilled she split.

11. Pt./Family Comments that Leave You Speechless

    sweetpeanurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    GracedRN, Physical Therapy said NO on the bed pan not her. When we refused to her toliet her every hour she went to administration. Mean to say we got out tails chewed.

12. I don't hate my job, I hate the people I work with

    sweetpeanurse replied to SashaO's topic in LPN/LVN

    Bluegeegoo2 she states she does but @ the same time she has been pregnant with twin, miscarried the next day. Heart conditions, whines about kid problems when they have 3 kids of their own and lives @ home and state takes the kids. The list goes on...

13. Pt./Family Comments that Leave You Speechless

    sweetpeanurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the things people say!!! I had this one lady that insisted that she had to be turned or tolieted every hour. She had to use a sit-to-stand lift to get out of bed and PT refused a request to use a bedpan. She would litterally hang on the l...

14. I don't hate my job, I hate the people I work with

    sweetpeanurse replied to SashaO's topic in LPN/LVN

    I feel the pain you fellow nurses have. I work with a CNA that everytime I turn around she is a sleep. I have said something to her many times and it just isn't getting in her head that I mean business. She falls asleep standing up talking to resi...

15. For all you night owls

    sweetpeanurse replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Geriatric

    The night shift for me is 7p-7a. 12 hours!! List of my duties get report stock med cart (never have what I need) Stock accucheck caddy pass 2000 meds help residents to bed accuchecks (about 10) insulin treatments temp control accucheck controls stoc...